Hey lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host J.A. Deakin
and her new book, “Remnant of Power”!
For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click
on the banner above or any of the images in this post.
Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $25
Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!! Also,
come back daily to interact with J.A. and to increase your chances of winning!
Thanks for stopping by!
Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!
Remnant of Power
by J.A. Deakin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GENRE: YA Fantasy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BLURB:
Sent
to marry the brutal King Ulric of Arvad, seventeen year-old Princess Yavenna is
already trying to plan her escape. Then she discovers powers she never knew she
had, as well as the handsome, elusive Mal, who has a secret of his own. But as
the wedding day draws closer, Yavenna has a heart-breaking choice - use all her
strength to flee the ancient castle, or marry the King and set his thousands of
slaves free. And can she ally herself with rebel forces in time to save Mal, or
is the magic the King commands too powerful?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EXCERPT TWO:
She
gasped, an army, coming to kill Ulric. Then perhaps it wasn’t up to her to kill
him so she could free the slaves, perhaps she could escape too. With Mal. Her
shoulders dropped and she took a deep breath, lifting a hand to rub her head.
For
a few moments neither of them said anything and the castle below them was
quiet. She raised her chin and looked at the dark hair curling over his
forehead. If they ran away together she could get to know him. She’d like that.
He
raised a hand to brush a strand of hair from above her eyes and his finger
grazed her cheek. She met his eyes and swallowed. She should go. She wished he
could come with her now, but it was too risky.
“We
can go and find your army. Tomorrow.” She pressed the dagger hidden in her
sleeve and thought of the man who’d tried to grab her. “I can fight a bit and
I’m excellent with a bow.”
He
smiled slightly and stepped closer to her.
Thrusting
her hand down her sleeve she clasped the dagger and pulled it out. “Here, take
this. It’s a bit bigger than the last one. It’ll do more damage if you need
it.” She offered it to him.
He
reached to get it from her and she shivered as the palm of his hand brushed her
fingers. But he didn’t take his hand away, instead, he grasped her fingers.
“Thank you, Yavenna. Thank you for wanting to help me.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
REVIEW:
Overall,
this book was an engaging, entertaining, and intriguing read!
This
book transports you into a magical and mysterious world filled with endless
possibilities and the unknown.
This
book follows Yavenna, a beautiful, young, sweet, innocent, 17-year-old princess
who becomes blackmailed into marrying a mean, evil, brutal King.
Yavenna
recently learns that she possesses some strong, powerful, magical powers that
she had no idea she had. In addition,
Yavenna discovers Mal, a handsome 18-year-old who is also going through some
big changes and holds some big secrets of his own. Yavenna thinks she could use her powers to
escape and get away from the King.
However, she realizes that if she stays she could use her powers and her
standing with the King to set thousands of slaves free, realign the King’s
goals, and do good for the Kingdom.
Yavenna is torn on what to do, but with the wedding date approaching she
is running out of time.
The
main characters were well developed, likable, and enjoyable – well perhaps not
the King lol.
The
story was creative and intriguing! This
book kept me engaged and entertained for the most part.
There
are a couple of surprises and twists and turns that were enjoyable and kept me
wanting more.
The
pace of the book was essentially steady, however, there are a few parts that
seemed to drag and cause the story to slow down or come to a screeching halt. This allowed for me to put the book down a
couple times while reading it. However,
the overall story was interesting and I was curious to see how it would end and
what Yavenna would choose to do.
Even
though I didn’t completely love this book, I still enjoyed reading it and would
recommend it to other readers! Although
this book is written more for the YA reader; however, this book contains a
large amount of violence and killings that are not usually suitable for YA
readers. So I would suggest this book also
for even older readers of Fantasy/Magical Realm/Fiction genre fans as I think
they would also greatly enjoy this book.
Did you find this review helpful?
If so, please, please, please mark it as
helpful on Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R1OCFJP38RNHA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR BIO:
J.A. Deakin is a
former Art and Spanish teacher. Remnant of Power is the first in a series of
five books packed with secrets, magic and romance.
When
she isn’t reading or writing, J. A. Deakin likes to run in the woods behind her
Victorian cottage in Leicestershire, England. She hasn’t met any talking wolves
there yet but remains hopeful and always looks out for them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CONNECT WITH J.A.:
Website:
Subscribe to her newsletter to get book two free!
Goodreads Author Page:
Goodreads Book Page #1:
Goodreads Book Page #2:
Amazon Author Page:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOOK BUY LINKS:
**Remnant of Power is FREE on Smashwords and on SALE for ONLY $0.99
during the book tour!!**
Amazon Kindle:
Barnes and Noble:
Kobo:
Smashwords:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GIVEAWAY INFO:
J.A. Deakin will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC
to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a
purchase made I may receive a small commission to help support this blog. This does not cost you anything, it just
helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here.**
This contest is sponsored
by a third party. Fabulous and Brunette is a registered host of Goddess Fish
Promotions. Prizes are given away by the
sponsors and not Fabulous and Brunette. The featured author and Goddess Fish
Promotions are solely responsible for the giveaway prize.
